The Carrying Matters blog page, enjoy reading my thoughts on carrying, social change and more!

The Carrying Matters blog page.. enjoy reading! If you have any topics you'd like to see covered, get in touch! I enjoy writing and am always keen to hear of new ideas, and to host guest blog posts too!

Arms In or Out?

25th August 2022

journeys to recovery

Journeys to Recovery?

3rd May 2021

congenital heart disease kanga

Carrying a child with congenital heart disease, Abbie’s story

3rd May 2021

Benefits of babywearing

Adversity and connectedness in the early months

29th April 2021

Parenting Criticism

17th April 2021

Skin to skin Skin to skin pic soft touch babywearing

The importance of soft touch for infant development

5th November 2020

babywearing in the time of coronavirus

Babywearing in the time of Coronavirus

20th March 2020

Babywearing for all

“Babywearing for All”- helpful or harmful?

28th November 2019

carrying with a weakened pelvic floor

Carrying with a weakened pelvic floor

15th September 2019

babywearing and autistic caregivers

Babywearing and autistic caregivers

1st September 2019

Babywearing and Breast Cancer

Babywearing and breast cancer

31st August 2019

sling FAQs wobbly head

Sling FAQs – How can I support my baby’s wobbly head in their sling?

21st July 2019

What is the pelvic tuck Sling FAQs

Sling FAQs – What is the pelvic tuck?

18th July 2019

how do i keep my baby safe in the sling

Sling FAQs – How do I keep my baby safe in the sling?

18th July 2019

which sling is the best, the best sling faqs

Sling FAQs – Which sling is the best?

18th July 2019

Ten FAQs about Slings part one

Ten FAQs (frequently asked questions) about slings – part one

2nd July 2019

carrying in the heat

Why Black Babywearing Week Matters, by Dr Ilhan Omar

21st June 2019

babywearing holds me together

How babywearing holds me together

29th April 2019

Breastfeeding infant mental health mother-baby dyad

Babywearing can support the essential formation of the mother-baby dyad

29th April 2019

way of the west vs the way of the rest

The Way of the West vs the Way of the Rest & how babywearing can help

27th April 2019

babywearing with fibromyalgia

Babywearing with fibromyalgia; meeting the challenge

27th April 2019

double amputee

Babywearing as a double amputee

20th March 2019

Infant mental health

Infant Mental Health; how to build a happy brain

5th February 2019

talipes boots and bar with Beco Gemini

Babywearing with talipes – or club foot

24th January 2019

premature babywearing twins

Babywearing Premature Babies

13th January 2019

surviving christmas

The Babywearer’s Guide to Surviving Christmas

17th December 2018

Seven Reasons why babywearing matters

Seven Reasons Why Babywearing Matters

24th November 2018

masculinity

Piers Morgan, masculinity and the real problem

16th October 2018

babywearing with multiple sclerosis

Babywearing with Multiple Sclerosis

5th September 2018

worth

Are baby carriers worth the money?

23rd July 2018

Babywearing dads rock – carrying matters for fathers too

16th June 2018

babywearing village

The babywearing village – something wonderful

13th June 2018

babywearing in ramadan

Babywearing in Ramadan

6th June 2018

end of babywearing

The end of babywearing…

1st June 2018

Babywearing and the 4th Trimester

31st May 2018

The unhelpful “rules” of babywearing

17th May 2018

A look at “In Arms Carrying” with Mel Cyrille

16th May 2018

fathers' mental health

Fathers’ mental health matters: for the whole family!

1st May 2018

reduce crying

A sling can calm your baby and reduce crying

30th March 2018

the learning brain

Carrying and the learning brain

24th March 2018

resilience

Carrying children can help build relationships and resilience, a buffer against adversity

19th March 2018

Babies who face-plant in slings

10th March 2018

antenatal depression

Carrying is connection; healing from antenatal depression

4th March 2018

wrapping your bump

Wrapping your bump in late pregnancy

31st January 2018

offering sling support

Offering sling support to a stranger

30th January 2018

carrying with autism

Carrying an autistic child

22nd December 2017

cultural appropriation

Is “Babywearing” Cultural Appropriation?

20th December 2017

carried baby

I am a Carried Baby

14th December 2017

Why do we carry our babies? We carry them because it is a biological, instinctive parental response, that blesses the children we carry, and that blesses us. I find myself blessed by the small part I…

Can I carry my baby in a sling if I have epilepsy?

16th November 2017

Guest Blog from a friend of mine about her choice to use a sling to keep her child close despite her diagnosis of epilepsy. It has worked out very well for her. Here she discusses the processes of…

Breast and Bottle Feeding Safely in a Sling

5th August 2017

I meet a lot of pregnant ladies in the course of my varied roles, and many new mums, and one of the questions I am most frequently asked is "Will I be able to feed my baby in a sling?" It's an…

mental health disorder

Carrying a child when you have a mental health disorder

9th January 2017

carryingmatters

You can feel the delight 🥰 such a clever option

Hello! It’s been a challenging couple of months

Hello! It’s been a challenging couple of months - we’ve been partaking heavily of German and British medical care in the last six weeks or so and I’m hoping the end is in sight. We’ve also had some hard times for our Sling Spot team recently and everyone has been very supportive of each other, what a brilliant group of people I work with!

I’ve also been very busy with courses - four this month alone! Today was a course for Peer Supporters - learning how to teach back carries safely with soft structured carriers. It’s a lot harder than it looks, but very rewarding to be able to support families with this new skill. I needed some new videos so had the camera out!

Still at work on the planned adaptations to the consultancy course also.

Don’t forget if you have trained with me there’s a dedicated FB group for this (which is where courses like this get advertised!)

There are times in your life when you meet someone

There are times in your life when you meet someone and have no idea what’s coming. I remember the day I met Kiri with her newborn son, ten years ago, he was crying, she wanted some sling help but he wasn’t having any of it because he was hungry. I suggested he might need a feed, even though he had had one not so long ago - and so he did. And then he liked the carrier… That was the start of the Rosie and Kiri show!
She said at the 10yr party we had in April for the sling library that babywearing (in various guises) has been almost a third of her life. Wow! Me too!
She began as a volunteer for the fledgling sling library when it grew and grew and I couldn’t cope with the demand any more. She was on my first ever Peer Supporter training course and quickly stepped up to consultancy - and joined the team as an employee and eventually became the manager, helping families discover how slings can change their lives for the better. She was there when we opened the Snug and became more and more integral to the business. We took the shop to shows and fairs all over the city and the country and spent a lot of time together, what a blast! I went to her wedding (where she used a sling!) and was among the first to have the privilege to wrap her newborn daughter. ♥️

Then the pandemic arrived: this and the ever increasing pressure of my medical job took me away from this half of my life - but Kiri (and Rob and the rest of the team) did a stellar job of keeping the service alive during that awful period, with good humour and grace. Now we are starting to recover and that’s in no small part down to Kiri. It’s been wonderful to watch her over the last ten years, developing skills, honing her craft and being an incredible support to parents, new team members, and to Rob, and to me.

We developed a consultancy course together last year which has been brilliant, the combination of the two of us and how we work together has been a big part of this success. I’m delighted she’s going to stay on with this role 😁

Saying goodbye is hard. Kiri, you’ve been brilliant- loyal and kind and funny and generous. Human Resources is lucky to have you! Xx

Once baby is in the pouch, bring all the slack rou

Once baby is in the pouch, bring all the slack round to the front near the rings and then pull in the same direction the fabric has come. Like the spokes of a wheel or the rays of the sun. I could probably be pulling this section of tail a little more horizontally but I wanted to show the slack location.

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